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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pieniacz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one who is guilty of barratry",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pieniaczka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one who is guilty of barratry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rezingão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kljáuznik",
"sense": "one who is guilty of barratry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кля́узник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sutjážnik",
"sense": "one who is guilty of barratry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сутя́жник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who is guilty of barratry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "querulante"
}
],
"word": "barrator"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: maritime, admiralty law",
"path": [
"barrator"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "barrator",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: maritime, admiralty law",
"path": [
"barrator"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "barrator",
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}
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